Hi,
Converting an entertainment unit into two separate enclosures, and found an old thread from pythonmum where she made a frame, threaded a heat cord through, used heavy duty flywire on the bottom and put a tile secured on the top, so the snake could bask underneath and get the heat, or lay on top of the tile for belly heat.
Seeing as my enclosure is similar size, I want to know what wattage heat cord to use that would be appropriate, and what kind of thermostat should it be on, a dimming? ALso, I plan on having the main vent like in the picture, but where would I put the other smaller vent?
Here's the pics of Pythonmums set up, I hope its okay to post them.
So, This is my enclosure so far, but also, if I get a slightly longer heat cord and the end goes through a small hole drilled into the back of the enclosure, is that dangerous, to have heat cord hanging against the back of the enclosure?
It's my first attempt at using heat cord so I have no idea how it works, hence the many questions , I currently have my two pythons temporarily in tubs on heat mats while I'm converting the enclosure.
The right hand side is for my RSP, I'll make a slightly smaller heat tile for him.
Converting an entertainment unit into two separate enclosures, and found an old thread from pythonmum where she made a frame, threaded a heat cord through, used heavy duty flywire on the bottom and put a tile secured on the top, so the snake could bask underneath and get the heat, or lay on top of the tile for belly heat.
Seeing as my enclosure is similar size, I want to know what wattage heat cord to use that would be appropriate, and what kind of thermostat should it be on, a dimming? ALso, I plan on having the main vent like in the picture, but where would I put the other smaller vent?
Here's the pics of Pythonmums set up, I hope its okay to post them.
So, This is my enclosure so far, but also, if I get a slightly longer heat cord and the end goes through a small hole drilled into the back of the enclosure, is that dangerous, to have heat cord hanging against the back of the enclosure?
It's my first attempt at using heat cord so I have no idea how it works, hence the many questions , I currently have my two pythons temporarily in tubs on heat mats while I'm converting the enclosure.
The right hand side is for my RSP, I'll make a slightly smaller heat tile for him.
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